BUCS at CHARGERS WHEN: Sunday, December 15, 2024 | WHERE: SoFi Stadium (Inglewood, CA) | KICKOFF: 4:25 p.m. ET | TV: FOX PLAY-BY-PLAY: Adam Amin | ANALYST: Mark Sanchez | SIDELINE: Kristina Pink RADIO: 98 ROCK 97.
9 FM | PLAY-BY-PLAY: Gene Deckerhoff | ANALYST: Dave Moore | SIDELINE: T.J. Rives Game day is approaching, and it’s time for the Pewter Report staff to make its weekly game predictions and offer up our game preview of this week’s matchup .
Let us know what you think in the article comments section and add your prediction, too. Scott Reynolds: I’m concerned that the Bucs defense hasn’t been fixed over the last three games when the unit has surrendered a league-low 14.3 points per game, but rather the issues on Todd Bowles’ unit have been merely masked by playing against lesser offenses.
Holding the Giants, Panthers and Raiders – three of the worst teams in the league – to just 43 total points is impressive, yet expected, right? I just don’t trust the defense, especially with Tampa Bay facing an elite quarterback like Justin Herbert, who has a big arm and has only thrown one interception against 14 touchdowns this year. Yet I do have confidence in Liam Coen’s offense putting up more 20 points or more in Los Angeles against the league’s top scoring defense, which allows an average of 15.9 points per game.
The Bucs have only scored less than 20 points just once this season – in a 26-7 Week 3 loss to Denver. Baker Mayfield needs to stop turning the b.
